Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-11-11
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 80, 1887.


WASHINGTON, Oct. 80, 1887.
After resting a few days, to recupe-
rate from the exhaustion of his great
tour of nearly 5000 miles, through
seventeen States, the President, with
characteristic energy and earnestness,
has resumed his public duties-being
now chiefly engaged in studying the
various annual reports of the different
Federal Departments, with view to
preparing his message to Congress.
There are at least three important
officers to be appointed by the Exccu-
tive soon-Supreme Court Judge,
First Assistant Secretary of State, and
Minister to Mexico
Congressman are coming into the
Capital on nearly every train, and
those not now en- route will probably
be packing their baggage soon.
All of the Cabinet have returned
from their vacation, and are diligently
at work, and the Supreme Court has
been in session several weeks-the
docket containing remarkable num-
Der of interesting cases.
In fact, may say that the National
Capital, pleased at the prospect of all
the wheels of the Government resum-
ing their revolution, is throwing off
the air of dullness that, to some cx-
tent, has encompassed it since the
close of the short session of Congress,
and all Washington is delighted that
tho long term, which will probably
continue far into next summer, is
near at hand, for you must know
that the presence of the National leg
islature is almost the life of this beau
tiful city.
Recognizing the fact that Washing
ton has again become the great centre
of news and politics, the newspaper
correspondents are flocking in and re-
suming their work on the famous
thoroughfare which is Familiarity known
cas- newspaper row."
One of the Senate Committees is
already in session, that of which Sena-
tor Cockrell is chairman, which was
appointed to investigate and report
upon the methods of conducting bus
mess in the departments. Each
bureau has made detached report of
the class of work done by it, and the
manner of doing it-making altogeth-
er, after being carefully condensed,
two volumes of convenient size.
One CRAFTY ing result of this investi-
CATION is the discovery that all of the
work is much nearer up to date than
when the Democratic Administration
came into power.
The information thus CLEANED, if it
serves no other good purpose, will be
useful as book of reference to those
not familiar with the methods of con-
Quoting the public business.
In Republican platforms and news
papers one frequently sees the brazen
assertion that no rascals have been
turned out, and no government money
found missing under the Democratic
regime, when, as q matter of fact, as
shown by the records of the Postoflice
Department, former Republican post |
masters are proved to have defrauded
the Government of enough funds to
more than pay President Cleveland's
salary for eight years-the amount
purlioned being round half million. !
These rascals have not only been
turned out, but they have been COM
PEELED to turn in their ill-gotten gains. |
and the United States is 80 much the |
richer for the rule of reform De-
mOcracy.
Then another considerable item is
the stealing of $4,000 by the Repub-
lican financial clerk of the Patent Of |
fice-the two together footing up
$3.50 900, and furthermore, 1 doubt if
the half has been told. Still the dear
good Republicans-immaculate souls
that they are-have stolen nothing
from Uncle Sam-that is, if we accept
their bold assertions as facts.
President Cleveland shows his true
Democracy and his earnest desire for
the success of the Democratic candi-
dates on the New York State ticket
by contributing his good wishes and
five hundred dollars to the party CAM
paign fund; and Col. Lamont, the
Presidents private Secretary, also
sends a liberal contribution for the
same purpose, accompanied by
cheering letter.
The third and fourth-class post
masters of the country want more
pay, and will meet in convention in
this city in few weeks to urge their
wishes upon the attention of Congress,
with strong hopes of securing the de-
sired results. Dem.
THE Fraser River Freezing Co. have
now about 80 tons of salmon frozen
and ready for shipment. The ship